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BOSE (R) Lifestyle 48 DVD home entertainment system
The Bose Lifestyle 48 DVD home entertainment system will change the way you think about movies, music ... even your CD collection. Digitally store and organize up to 340 hours of music in the media center, featuring a progressive scan DVD/CD player. The ADAPTiQ audio calibration system analyzes your room and adjusts your Lifestyle system's sound for great performance. Tiny, award-winning Jewel Cube speaker arrays fill your room with wondrous surround sound. And there's more. Bose link allows connections for compatible Bose products in as many as 14 additional rooms.
Manufacturer: Bose
Price: $3,499.95
 BOSE (R) Lifestyle 48 DVD home entertainment system
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| User Reviews |  | Bose is great small integrated system/Not great for True Theater Experience
rating: 1
So the average price of the latest LS is about $4000 or no less than $3600 that I have been able to retrieve amongst phone calls and web browsing for the best price. I think what needs to be explained here is the convenience and ease of use built into this system for those searching for a nice compact HTIB. If comparison of sound to other systems coupled with pricing is thrown into the mix, a side by side comparison of sound output alone will outweigh Bose Systems 10 to one. For example: Onkyo TX-NR905 priced $1600, Klipsch - Synergy Series Quintet III 5.1 (not as small, but small speakers with engineered quality that outperform Bose cubes by skyscrapers) $300, Klipsch - 10" 420 Watt Down Driven Subwoofer $400, Latest Sony Blu-Ray Player $600-$700, 12 Gauge Speaker Wire $50, 2 HDMI Cables 1.3a Spec. $100. All of these units are THX Certified and very high quality pieces along with the cabling needed coming in at an estimated (rounded up) $3200. For theater experience alone, not-withstanding the other neat features that Bose LS sytems offer, what I have just laid out will at a professional level out-perform any Bose LifeStyle system on a Theater to Theater performance measurement. Even the novice listener will be able to distinguish the difference. I spoke to a THX Certified Engineer along with a Bose Lab Engineer and they both concurred that the pricing for the Bose if legitimized is for the sleek small package and the extra features that it offers outside the Home Theater venue.
Regarding HDMI not existing in a Bose LS and the comment made by Janmit S. Virk "DaRealJatt" regarding what it is used for, it appears that the understanding of HDMI is limited only to video. As of recently the latest HDMI version is as much about audio output as it is video. If the central receiver is not able to decode HD signal from a Blu-Ray or other HD source then it will not be able to deliver that sound through its terminals. That HD source travels through the HDMI Output to the HDMI Input of the receiver and there it is processed and discreetly channeled to the individual speakers as lossless/mastered digital audio. I am aware that Bose has a port panel that has some HDMI (pass through) inputs/outputs on it, but the receiver does not have any type of HD processing to disperse the digital HD signal out to the speakers. The player that you are using might have HD decoding in it but it does not work through a pass through HDMI connection, in other words signal is lost. Until Bose decides to put HD decoders in their receivers (Hardware, might I add; not software) the sound will be inferior to real home theater setups at around the same price.
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I too have had Freezing Problems
rating: 3
I wanted to write a review about this system after reading all the other reviews. I have owned the 48 for almost three years having upgraded from a Lifestyle 35 that also had a DVD playing problem . I too have had problems playing DVD's that were burned on my computer or Sony DVD player, although I have not had any problems playing store bought DVD's. All the burned DVD's I made played on every other DVD player I own some of them costing $50.00. For a $4,000.00 system you would expect not to have this problem. Although for years Bose has been known for great sound but their dive into video players seems to be a problem for them that they have been unable to solve. I have called their tech support line numerous times and although they have been extremly helpful and polite (I rate their tech support as the best out there) they have been unable to solve this problem. Conclusion, if you want a great sounding system to use with another DVD player this is a good purchase. Also I too question why is there no DVD or HDMI output???
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THE TRUTH ABOUT BOSE
rating: 5
So I hear all this bickering about how this Bose system is not good. First off let me say I don't know this exact system. I know the older Bose Lifestyle 30 system with no dvd. However, it is the same core system. To begin, those who complain that there is no hdmi, well of course not this isn't meant to be your primary dvd player. Second with Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. Why would you even need this for your dvd player needs. Also, the original purpose of this device is for amazing sound quality and it delivers. From its tiny speakers the Bose system delivers true 5.1 surround sound and the acoustimass module delivers earth shaking bass. I've never heard a better system in the price range. I have a Samsung HDTV and use this as my sound system and just a hd up-conversion dvd player for movies and it works fine. For you complainers why don't you just sit down and make your own system thats all integrated! Some people just sit there and give bad reviews to products they can't afford just because they have nothing better to do
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Where's the HDMI or Component AT?
rating: 2
If im gonna spend $2-4k on bose, I would expect the system be up to date, Wheres the option for HDMI or COMPONENT out video at? Not just S-VIDEO. Since i have HD TV this system be worthlessOUT, VERY VERY DISsapointing, NO THANKS
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Another customer with playback problems
rating: 1
The Bose system has great sound, but on about 15% of discs (by my estimate) which play just fine on other players, the player will freeze and a "CANNOT READ DISC" message will appear on the screen. Yes, that is far more frequent than on any conventional player. If you eject and reinsert the disc, it will usually, but not always start up again about half a second after it froze and you can keep watching. It is a real annoyance, and you aren't supposed to have to do this on such an expensive system, but you can actually watch almost any disc. Still, for this amount of money, they should bloody well have made a player that can read non-defective discs without freezing up.
You are better off putting together a component system yourself. Don't be taken in by Bose's bells and whistles.
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